Peng Shuai

Agnieszka Radwanska hadn't been able to beat Shuai Peng since the Australian Open in 2011.

The two have only faced each other three times since then, the last time in Indian Wells earlier this season, but Peng has won the last three matchups.

Thursday night at the Connecticut Open, where Radwanska is the defending champion, was different. Radwanska, the tournament's top seed, took control of the first set and got her first victory over eighth-seeded Peng in six years, 7-5, 6-3 in front of an announced crowd of 4,151 at the Connecticut Tennis Center.

Peng beat Radwanska at Indian Wells in March, 6-4, 6-4, as well as last year in China and in 2014, in the round of 64 at...

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